Gecko Galz April Challenges

 Hello Friends!

Today I wanted to share my creations for the April Blog Challenges over at Gecko Galz.

The first challenge I want to share is the Christmas challenge which I made this home decor piece. It's an upcycled wood block that had a saying on the front. The edges had silver polka dots which reminded me of snow/winter that went perfectly with this months image. I ran with it and added a layer of thick bodied gesso (to help cover the previous sentiment) and added some glitter. After that had dried I added several snowflakes I had in my stash. I mounted the image onto a piece of chipboard then added the snowflake frame, snowflake buttons and "Let it Snow" clip. This was mounted to the block with foam tape.  Finally I "wrinkled" some Let It Snow ribbon and adhered to the front of the block. 

OH MY...I Love this months Gothic Challenge image. She is beautiful and I loved the peach/orange colored flowers in the field she is strolling through. So I knew I was going to hang this up in my art room so I used a wooden frame which I painted black then added a glitter paint over the top. I mounted my image in the frame then embellished with a crochet doily, flowers and gemstones.  The sentiment is from the Gothic Chatter collage sheet.

Next up is the Card Challenge image. She is so pretty so I paired her with this lovely pattern paper and gave her a sassy sentiment "Friendships must be built on a solid foundation of alcohol, sarcasm, inappropriateness and shenanigans." 

The Fantasy challenge image is so very romantic - a knight in shining armor! I went with a fancy frame and this lovely scrolly "Love" die cut from pearl blue cardstock. The paper matched the image perfectly :) 

I love this Steampunk bunny for the Steampunk Challenge...I had to make him into an Easter card. I hand cut the Easter egg then embossed it with a gear/clock folder, added lots of gears and a watch body I had on my desk. I added a bit of brown velvet ribbon and added the sentiment. He's the coolest Easter bunny out there.

There is a tag challenge on the Gecko Galz business page on FB and this was the image provided. She's so very pretty...  I really wanted to maker her pop so I used some bright green (almost neon) cardstock for the tag base and went from there. 

I hope you join in on the fun and give one or more of these fun challenges a try!

 

G is for Goth Girl

 I recently shared my "H" altered clipboard with you...well the other part of that particular challenge is "G" so I made this Goth Girl piece of wall art....

It was made using an old monthly Gothic Challenge image and raven images from the Halloween Digi Stamp set.

Happy Haunting Altered Clipboard

 Hello Friends...

Yes, you read that correctly - I am making Halloween projects in April!

What can I say...I love Halloween!!

The Quarterly Challenge at Gecko Galz is Altered Clipboards and one of the themes on the Gecko Galz FB group is "Starting with the letter H" so why not...Halloween Clipboard it is!

I used images from - Happy Halloween Card Toppers (main image), Altered Halloween (the other images) and the sentiment is from Gothic Chatter.

Are you inspired to dig out your Halloween goodies? 

I'm ready to make some more - LOL!!

Easter Magic!

 Hello Friends!

Happy April - No Foolin :)

April's Monthly Challenge at Gecko Galz is Easter Magic!

And today is my day to share my creations with you...kick back and enjoy...

My first project that I made is this set of embroidery hoops filled with Easter goodness! I used several different collage sheets - I started off by using the Cotton Tail ATC sheet to create the backgrounds which I printed onto rice paper. It adds such a lovely translucent look while being very strong which is what I wanted since I mounted it in the hoops.

The main images of each hoop are from the  Spring Bunnies collage set. I then filled in the background using all sorts of images from Easter Parade, Holiday Icons, Eggstrodianary, Easter Tokens and Hip Hop Easter. I also added bits of lace, ribbon, butterflies and flowers to finish them off.

Next up I made some ornaments for my Easter Tree (I decorate a tree for the various holidays).

The first set of ornaments are these Shaker Eggs....

These are made using a plastic egg which comes apart to fill. You can make 2 ornaments out of each egg. I traced the egg onto chipboard and cut it a bit larger to ensure I could glue it down properly. I added images from Spring Bunnies and Easter Toppers collage sheets.  Each egg was filled with mini plastic eggs, sequins and shaker bits then the back was glued to the egg. I added a bit of ribbon for hanging and wired tinsel garland around each egg.

Next up are my Cracked Egg ornaments...

I thought it would be fun to make a hidden surprise in these ornaments so they look like an egg with a crack running down the center... when you crack open the egg you find a darling little image hidden inside!  The egg images are from Eggstraordinary and the inside images are from Here Comes Easter collage sheets.

My final offering are a set of 3D Decoupage Easter cards which were all made using the Easter Magic Card Toppers and the backgrounds are from the Easter Parade Craft Kit.  To achieve the 3D effect each image was printed 3-4x then the individual pieces were cut and affixed to a base layer and built up using foam tape.

Hope you have enjoyed hopping by and checking out my Easter creations!

Stop by the blog all this month to see what the rest of the team has whipped up for you.

Gecko Galz Easter Magic

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes

New Month, New Challenge at Crafts Galore!!

A very warm welcome to our April 2025 challenge. 

Here at Crafts Galore Encore the theme is always Anything Goes and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

This challenge ends on 29th April at mid-day GMT.

This month the sponsor is WendyLynnsPaperWhims and oh what cute digital designs she offers! The design team was kindly given  some images to work with and I choose to play with the Cats in Red Gnome Hats...

I had so much fun making the kitty postage that I decided to make another card because I love the images so much.

Aren't those little cats just adorable?

Such fun to work with :)

Now it's your turn...if you make anything at all in April remember to enter it into the Crafts Galore Challenge...you might just be the lucky winner of a set of images.

As always the theme is Anything Goes!

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge